I have always thought of Carl Cohn as a man who managed to keep his humanity during a long career in a business that can be surprisingly inhumane: education. My own feeling is that he left SDUSD because he was disgusted that the school board ousted Jose Betancourt for lobbying too soon after leaving the navy, while at the same time the board pays lawyers millions to circumvent the law on a regular basis.
If the board cared about ethics, it wouldn't have made Mark Bresee its general counsel.
The board is careful to keep its unethical actions out of public view. Jose Betancourt was apparently a good employee, and nowhere near the top of the list of unethical employees.
Voice of San Diego: U.S. Ed Secretary Taps Cohn
"Former San Diego Unified Superintendent Carl Cohn has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to the National Technical Advisory Council, a 16-person body that could have a major impact on the future of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the latest iteration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act..."
by EMILY ALPERT
August 13, 2008
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